Legal Opinion
Dennis Maxwell v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1969No. 25-68_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, presently incarcerated in the Utah State Prison pursuant to a sentence of one to twenty years for second degree burglary, petitioned the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Relief was denied and he has taken this appeal.
Appellant urges that his plea of guilty to the burglary charge was involuntary and coerced in that it was induced by promises and representations by state officials, specifically the Weber County sheriff and parole officer. Appellant argues that the United States District Court erred in failing to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Thomas Russell Crow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- John Joseph Putnam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Billy Guice and Howard Claxton, Sr. v. Ray Fortenberry, Superintendent, East Carroll Parish Prison Farm,respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- In the Matter of John Parker, on Habeas Corpus. State of South Dakota and Don R. Erickson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Denny Lee Gafford v. Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Kenneth W. Cranford v. Felix Rodriguez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Lee Roy Ortiz v. J. E. Baker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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